Famous people born in the year 1909

Heinrich Bleichrodt was one of the most successful German Uboat commanders of the Second World War. From October 1939 until retiring from front line service in December 1943, he sank 25 ships for a total of 152,320160gross register tons160. For this he received the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, among other commendations. He earned the nickname Ajax during his time with the Uboats.....
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Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham was an American writer of childrens books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing. Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medalwinning author of Thimble Summer and the Newbery runnerup GoneAway Lake , she also wrote the popular Melendy quartet . A multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted in anthologies and te....
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Helmut Drner was a German WaffenSS officer. He was a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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David Dean Rusk KBE was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Rusk is the jointsecondlongest serving U.S. Secretary of State of all time, behind only Cordell Hull and tied with William H. Seward.....
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Ellis Roderick Dungan was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950. He was an alumnus of the University of Southern California and moved to India in 1935. During his film career in South India, Dungan directed the debut films of several popular Tamil film actors, such as M. G. Ramachandran in Sathi Leelavathi, T. S. Balaiya and N. S. Krishnan....
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Henryka azowertwna also Henryka Lazowert, or incorrectly Lazawert, was a Polish lyric poet. While in general deeply personal in nature and of great emotive intensity, her poetry is not devoid of social concerns and patriotic overtones. She is considered one of the eminent Polish authors of Jewish descent.....
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Cilly Aussem was a German female tennis player.....
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Emil Lang , nicknamed Bully, was a Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Lang was credited with 173 aerial victories144 on the Eastern Front, 29 on the Western Frontand one Soviet torpedo boat sunk in 403 combat missions.....
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Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz , Soviet, Russian Armenian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.....
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Claude Thornhill was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards Snowfall and I Wish I Had You, the latter recorded by Billie Holiday.....
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Herbert Kaminski was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Herbert Kuppisch was a Kapitnleutnant with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U58, U94, U516, and U847. He is also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Herbert O. Fisher was an American test pilot and an aviation executive, overseeing aviation projects at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He worked for the CurtissWright Corporation. Fisher flew as a pilot for over 50 years, racking up 19,351 accident and violation free hours.....
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Herbert Emil Schultze , was a German Uboat commander of the Kriegsmarine . He commanded U48 for eight patrols during the early part of the war, sinking 169,709160gross register tons160 of shipping and earning him eighth place on the Aces of the Deep list.....
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HermannGustav Jochims was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was also awarded the very rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold one of only 631 awards. HermannGustav Jochims was killed in action on 28 April 1945 during the Battle of Berlin.....
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Eric Linden was a SwedishAmerican actor. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.....
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Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician and businessman who was a fiveterm United States Senator from Arizona and the Republican Partys nominee for President of the United States in the 1964 election. Despite losing the election by a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement.....
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Hilde Levi was a GermanDanish physicist. She was a pioneer of the use of radioactive isotopes in biology and medicine, notably the techniques of radiocarbon dating and autoradiography. In later life she became a scientific historian, and published a biography of George de Hevesy.....
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Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an AustralianAmerican actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films.....
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William Homer Thornberry was a United States Representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1949 to 1963, and then was a federal judge.....
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